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Quality Assurance Units<br />

Chapter 3 (Articles 9 <strong>and</strong> 10)<br />

Structures, facilities <strong>and</strong> equipment of<br />

test<strong>in</strong>g facilities<br />

Chapter 4 (Articles 11 <strong>and</strong> 12)<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ard operat<strong>in</strong>g procedures <strong>in</strong> test<strong>in</strong>g<br />

facilities (prepared by management) <strong>and</strong><br />

animal caretakers<br />

Chapter 5 (Articles 13 <strong>and</strong> 14)<br />

H<strong>and</strong>l<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>in</strong>vestigational products <strong>and</strong><br />

comparators<br />

Chapter 6 (Articles 15 <strong>and</strong> 16)<br />

Study protocols (prepared by study<br />

director) <strong>and</strong> proper conduct of studies.<br />

Chapter 7 (Articles 17 <strong>and</strong> 18)<br />

F<strong>in</strong>al reports (prepared by study director)<br />

<strong>and</strong> retention of study data<br />

Chapter 8 (Article 19)<br />

Requirements for conduct<strong>in</strong>g studies at<br />

more than two test<strong>in</strong>g facilities<br />

Verification of the GLP ord<strong>in</strong>ance<br />

compliance of study facilities perform<strong>in</strong>g<br />

noncl<strong>in</strong>ical studies <strong>in</strong> compliance with the<br />

GLP ord<strong>in</strong>ance (GLP-compliant studies)<br />

at the time of approval reviews is<br />

performed as a rule based on the results<br />

of paper <strong>and</strong> on-site reviews by the<br />

PMDA at the request of the MHLW <strong>and</strong><br />

the MHLW decides on whether or not to<br />

accept the data concerned as approval<br />

<strong>Pharmaceutical</strong> <strong>Regulations</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Japan</strong>:<br />

review data.<br />

GLP compliance reviews conducted<br />

by the PMDA are performed on the basis<br />

of the “System of Guidel<strong>in</strong>es for Reviews<br />

Based on the <strong>Pharmaceutical</strong> GLP <strong>and</strong><br />

Medical Device GLP” (Notification No. 23<br />

of the PMDA date April 1, 2004; partially<br />

revised Notifications No. 530 of the PMDA<br />

dated June 29, 2004, No. 529 dated<br />

March 30, 2007, No. 0620058 dated June<br />

20, 2008 <strong>and</strong> No. 0815008 dated August<br />

15, 2008). GLP compliance conditions<br />

are evaluated <strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g three<br />

categories by the GLP Evaluation<br />

Committee established by the PMDA<br />

based on the results of the GLP<br />

compliance review.<br />

Class A: Compliance with GLP.<br />

Class B: Some improvements possible<br />

but the effects of non-compliance<br />

on data reliability are considered<br />

tolerable; compliance with GLP if<br />

improvements are made.<br />

Class C: Noncompliance with GLP.<br />

When evaluated as Class A or B <strong>in</strong> the<br />

GLP compliance reviews, the results of<br />

the tests performed <strong>in</strong> the facility will be<br />

accepted, <strong>in</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>ciple, for use as review<br />

data for a period of 3 years or 2 years,<br />

respectively, from the day of notification of<br />

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